| Show TO MY MOTHER since thou pass beloved to thy rest Long eara ago one constant hope has filled my longing heart its first wild anguish stilled I 1 that we shall hall walk again in regions blest with all 11 the old swee human love lova chilled nn by time or absence but today oppress with fear I 1 shrink from dreams like this I 1 see friends reunited here too oft awake rach bach life so altered to a different key that only harsh and bitter discords break prom from voices once attuned to harmony what if it be with thee or me ah no I 1 ah no the tender smile that made the sunshine of my happy youth appears across the mists of interviewing years and comforts me I 1 am no more afraid I 1 what though my voice be hoarse and ancl choked with tears what though nay my wayward footsteps may have strayed reaven heaven his not changed thee thou wilt faid fl id it sweet again to teach the faltering lipa to say our father and to guide the trembling feet with geckle hand along the shining way till THI thou caust cry with joy behold 0 lord the child thou davest me to thee restored overland month y |
